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Single-nucleotide gene polymorphisms involving cell death pathways: a study of Chinese patients with lumbar disc herniation.
Connective tissue research - 1 Jan 2013
Sun Zhengming, Ling Ming, Chang Yanhai, Huo Yuping, Yang Guang, Ji Yuqiang, Li Yaping
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of polymorphisms of death pathway genes FAS and FASL on the risk of developing lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in a Northern Chinese population. BACKGROUND DATA: The FAS receptor-ligand system plays a key role to regulate apoptosis of cell. There is evidence that the apoptosis-mediated FAS receptor-ligand system is involved in the pathogenesis of disc degeneration. Some research...
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